cytotoxic
cytotoxic adjective: of, relating to, or being a cytotoxin.
Adjective
cytotoxic (comparative more cytotoxic, superlative most cytotoxic)
- Of, relating to, or being a cytotoxin.
- Of or relating to cytotoxicity.
- A recent study focused on the enzymatic and cytotoxic functions of jellyfish metalloproteases and identified diverse proteolytic effects including gelatinolytic, caseinolytic, and fibrinolytic activities.2015 June 18, Mahdokht Jouiaei et al., “Ancient Venom Systems: A Review on Cnidaria Toxins”, in Toxins, volume 7, →DOI
Noun
cytotoxic (plural cytotoxics)
- Any cytotoxic substance; a cytotoxin.
- Current chemotherapies for cancer are mostly cytotoxics with serious side effects and high incidence of drug resistance.2015 August 27, “A Novel Isoquinoline Derivative Anticancer Agent and Its Targeted Delivery to Tumor Cells Using Transferrin-Conjugated Liposomes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
cytotoxic meaning in Tamil
cytotoxic in Tamil
- செல்நச்சிய
Examples of cytotoxic in a sentence
- Moreover, the nanoengagers can deliver cytotoxic chemotherapeutics to further improve their therapeutic efficacy.
- Indeed, relative to etanercept, TA1 demonstrated a significantly improved anti-proliferative effect on cytotoxic CD8 + T cells.
- The Fas ligand (FasL) is a key death factor of cytotoxic T lymphocytes and natural killer cells.
Antonyms of cytotoxic
Forms of cytotoxic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more cytotoxic |
| superlative | most cytotoxic |
| Noun | |
| plural | cytotoxics |
Origin of cytotoxic
From cyto- + toxic.
Words formed from cytotoxic
- anticytotoxic
- autocytotoxic
- cardiocytotoxic
- cytotoxically
- cytotoxicant
- cytotoxicity
- cytotoxic reaction
- cytotoxic T cell
- exocytotoxic
- hepatocytotoxic
- hypercytotoxic
- hypocytotoxic
- immunocytotoxic
- lymphocytotoxic
- melanocytotoxic
- microcytotoxic
- myocytotoxic
- nanocytotoxic
- neurocytotoxic
- noncytotoxic
- photocytotoxic
- precytotoxic
- subcytotoxic
Phrases with cytotoxic
Questions about cytotoxic
- What does cytotoxic mean?
- Cytotoxic means of, relating to, or being a cytotoxin.
- What is cytotoxic in Tamil?
- Cytotoxic in Tamil is செல்நச்சிய. See Cytotoxic meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cytotoxic?
- Cytotoxic can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near cytotoxic in the dictionary
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